in a letter to true the vote, founder catherine egglebreck, democratic representative elijah cummings is calling them out for illegitimate voter challenges. representative cummings writes, quote, an effort to challenge voter registrations by the thousands without any legitimate basis may be evidence of illegal voter supposed proegs. if these efforts are intentional, politically motivated and wide spread across multiple states, they could amount to criminal conspiracy to deny legitimate voters their constitutional rights. representative elijah cummings is joining me now from baltimore, maryland. so nice to have you, congressman. >> it's good to be with you. >> so, i loved that letter. i have been spending time reading it and rereading it. tell me why this was the moment when you decided, okay, enough around true the vote. >> first of all, i believe that voting is a fundamental right. it's not to be denied people who are eligible voters. any effort to deny that right, i consider to be criminal in some instances, as a matter of fact, it's very offensive. it's certainly unpatriotic. we ha